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... that the roughtail stingray is the largest stingray in the
Atlantic Ocean, at up to 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) across and weighing 300 kilograms (660 lb)?
... that Ebba Haslund'sadolescence novelNothing Happened was virtually ignored by the press when it was first issued in
Norwegian in 1948, but was later regarded as one of her most important books?
... that phylogenetic relationships between the
mushroomBovista nigrescens and species of
Lycoperdaceae were established based on
ITS and
LSU sequence data from north European taxa?
... that in 1709, Ninguta, an important center of
commerce, provided government-sponsored
ginseng-harvesting expeditions?
... that
Native American sculptor Willard Stone became a master
wood carver despite an accidental explosion that cost him his right thumb and two fingers when he was 13 years old?
... that the McClellan Committee served 8,000
subpoenas, took testimony from 1,526 witnesses (343 of whom invoked the
Fifth Amendment), and compiled almost 150,000 pages of evidence?
... that after the
Tang Dynasty general Li Jiang died in a
mutiny, his successor Wen Zao slaughtered the mutineers and offered their heads to Li Jiang as a sacrifice?
... that the rules of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in
Vienna forbade mentioning any country or conflict by name, and instead human rights had to be discussed in the abstract?
... that
pianistMona Golabek wrote a book about her mother's experience as part of the
Kindertransport, a mission to rescue children threatened by the
Nazis?
... that Nidula niveo-tomentosa(pictured), a
bird's nest fungus in the genus Nidula, produces a chemical that is a major component of
raspberry flavor?
... that the 500-million-year-old
Cambrian predator Hurdia was thought to be a number of separate organisms for 100 years, until the complete animal was reconstructed in March 2009?
... that there were two unrelated
Jewish anarchists named Alexander Schapiro active in
Russia during the
civil war, one in the
Bolshevik government and the other leading a cadre of anarchist revolutionaries against it?
... that the
long jumperFred Salle originally represented
England in international competitions, then changed allegiance to
Cameroon before returning to England some years later?
... that the 16-volume series of
theatre historybooks, The London Stage, by J. P. Wearing has been called "invaluable, thoroughly accurate" and "a proverbial mine of useful information"?
... that when Dorothea Holt Redmond was hired in 1938 in the "heretofore exclusively male field" of film
production design, male co-workers demanded that she work in an area separated from them?
... that the future of newspapers in the United States is in doubt: as of 2005, an estimated 70 percent of older Americans read a newspaper daily, while fewer than 20 percent of younger Americans did?
... that Kristian Kristiansen's main literary work is a trilogy about a boy growing up in an
orphanage in the late 1600s?
... that a sub-marine eruption near the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapaivolcano in
Tonga began spewing steam, smoke,
pumice, and ash thousands of feet into the sky on March 16, 2009?
... that Martin Knowlton conceived the
Elderhostel concept, in which senior citizens take college-level courses in the summer, to overcome "the disturbing concept that people are all used up after age 65"?
... that Davy Crockett (1954–1955) was the first
miniseries in the history of
television, although the term "miniseries" had not yet been coined?
... that according to the Zizhi Tongjian, the
Tang DynastychancellorPei Ji raised the assessed value of goods to avoid undue tax burden on people who paid taxes with goods?
... that
Tang DynastychancellorYu Di lost his chancellorship in a scandal where he tried to use bribes to obtain a Jiedushi (military governor) position?
... that Tanna japonensis, the
Japanesecicada, makes a melancholy sound (example right) after sunset, when the temperature has dropped, or when it becomes cloudy?
... that the main house at Brykill Farms in
Gardiner, New York, was expanded in a similar
style and material 200 years after the first section was built?
... that, despite wrestling alongside each other for years and holding a
tag team championship together, brothers Mark Starr and
Chris Champion used different last names?
... that when Per Øisang hosted the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's election debates in the early 1960s, the questioning of politicians was conducted by other politicians?
... that Australian Made, a 1987 concert tour promoting "
Good Times" and the
mateship of nine local acts, was headlined by
INXS and ended with two band managers coming to blows?
... that the "Golden Ticket" episode of the U.S. version of The Office was watched by 7.7 million viewers, tying with Grey's Anatomy for number one among the broadcast networks in adults 18–34?
... that in 1029, the ransom of the
Hiberno-Norse prince Amlaíb mac Sitriuc included over 1,200 cows, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, "the sword of Carlus", and a large number of
Irishhostages?
... that
salsa music promoter Ralph Mercado got his start with "waistline parties", live music events where women paid based on their waist size (thinner women paid less) and Mercado measuring at the door?
... that
Tang Dynasty official Zheng Yin opposed issuance of commissions for
eunuch commandants on
hemp paper, saying it was reserved for commissions of imperial princes and
chancellors?
... that because a car crashed through his store's window, Steve Bernard'sCape Cod Potato Chips company survived a difficult winter, after which business boomed?
... that the
GermanGrossdeutschland division, located 50 miles (80 km) east of Târgu Frumos, repelled three
Soviet divisions and recaptured the town 48 hours after receiving its initial order?
... that R29, an R23X class airship, recorded the only success by any British wartime
rigid airship when she took part in the sinking of German submarine
UB-115 in 1918?
... that New York City
rapperCoke La Rock is often credited as being the first
MC in the history of
hip-hop?
... that most of the 156 episodes of the 1950s
seriesThe Cisco Kid were filmed in color, more than a decade before
color television became common?
... that having suffered a
stroke in 1972,
neuroanatomistAlf Brodal published the article Self-Observations and Neuro-Anatomical Considerations After a Stroke in the journal Brain in 1973?
... that in 1996, the Kinjo family sued Lori Padilla for
¥62 million (US$580,000)
blood money after a car Padilla was driving killed three of their family members in
Okinawa?
... that when refused
leave to go to
London with the order that he could only travel as far on land as he could get in his
barge,
CaptainHenry Paulet put the barge on a cart and went anyway?
... that the
Oslo Tramway reached its greatest length with the opening of the Sinsen Line in 1939?
... that when the
GermanU-boatUB-13 sank the neutral Dutch
ocean linerTubantia in March 1916, one of the German excuses was that the torpedo had been fired ten days before and just happened to hit the ship?
... that the Cape Kumukahi Light(pictured) was saved from destruction in the 1960 eruption of
Kilauea when the
lava flow parted and went to either side of it?
... that the "dancing doctor",
pediatrictoxicologistMichael Shannon, starred in a 2008 production of the Urban Nutcracker, his eighth year appearing in the annual performance?
... that British
heavy metal band Iron Maiden was nominated in the Best Live Return category at the 2008
Vodafone Awards, but disagreed with their nomination and asked to be withdrawn?
... that Operation Cockade, a series of
Allied deceptive operations during
World War II, was so unsuccessful that it was later described as being “at best a piece of harmless play acting”?
... that John Penn, the engineer famed for introducing wood bearings for screw-propeller shafts in steam-powered ships, was also president of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers on two occasions?
... that though actors
James Whitmore and
Audra Lindley were divorced in 1979, the two starred in Tom Cole's 1990 production of About Time, as an elderly couple identified only as Old Man and Old Woman?
... that in the
indie video gameClean Asia!, the
eyes of all humans leave their bodies, fly to the
moon, develop
weapons, and attack the human race, taking over several countries?
... that Salvia tingitana(pictured) was named after the town of "Tingi", now known as
Tangiers, even though the plant has never been found growing there?
... that George Keverian won election as a 21-year-old to the Common Council of
Everett, Massachusetts, in 1954 using a new
MIT high-speed camera to create individualized fliers for each voter?
... that the flesh of the mushroom Russula fragilis tastes hot, while its smell is fruity?
... that Ernest Trova was best known for Falling Man, a series of works "about man at his most imperfect" depicting an armless human figure that appeared in sculptures, paintings, prints and wristwatches?
... that while normally a scavenger, the snubnosed eel(pictured) also burrows into the bodies of larger fish to feed, and two specimens were found inside the heart of a
shortfin mako shark in 1992?
... that the relationship between two gay men at the beginning of the
AIDS epidemic in
Robert Chesley's erotic and emotional play Jerker takes place entirely over the telephone?
... that when Barbara Parker left a law career to take a master's, her thesis went on to be
short listed for an
Edgar Award as a best first mystery novel?
... that an equitable coloring of a
graph(pictured), in which the numbers of vertices of each color are as nearly equal as possible, may require far more colors than a
graph coloring without this constraint?
... that the sharptail mola has become an important commercial fish in
Taiwan, since the promotion of an ocean sunfish festival in
Hualien County?
... that the Canadian
Mohawk chief, the Flemish Bastard, was considered the primary spokesman for the pro-
French faction of
Canada in the 17th century?
... that according to the Book of Tang,
Tang Dynasty general Li Guangyan, while in
mourning over the death of his mother for three years, did not return to his wife's bedchambers?
... that after London Road viaduct(pictured) in
Brighton, England, was bombed in 1943, trains were using it again within 24 hours even though the
road below was visible through gaps in the damaged brickwork?
... that Gary O'Donnell is the first person in 26 years to be awarded a second
George Medal, the last one posthumously for "immense bravery" in
Afghanistan?
... that Henry Wilde melted iron bars to demonstrate the power of his self-energizing
dynamo, a machine based on his paper presented to the
Royal Society in 1866?
... that the upcoming U2 360° Tour is named for a new kind of stage design that will permit all-round viewing in football
stadiums?
... that author Guillaume Prévost created The Book of Time series to help children understand that history can be fascinating?
... that early sources suggested that
Moses had taken an Ethiopian wife named Tharbis after laying siege to her city, prior to his ascendancy to
prophethood in the Jewish faith?
... that Thomas Forester, the only American stock
mutual fund manager to make a profit in 2008, had previously been one of only two mutual fund managers to make a profit in the second quarter of 2002?
... that Doug Hele designed the three-cylinder
Triumph Trident and developed it into the most successful race bike of the time?
03:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
... that several thousand
bauls, a community of wandering
minstrels who sing devotional songs, assemble annually for the fair at Jaydev Kenduli(temple sculpture pictured) in
West Bengal,
India?
... that
Welsh military
pilot and
journalist, Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs, published two volumes of wartime memoirs 49 years apart: Not Peace, But a Sword (1943) and Torpedo Leader (1992)?
... that
Michael Jackson's official concert tour website could not deal with the traffic—16,000 applications a second—for pre-sale ticket registration?
... that in 1911, HMA No. 1Mayfly(pictured), Britain's first
rigid airship, broke in two as a result of strong winds before she could attempt her first flight?
... that Indian freedom fighter T. S. S. Rajan practised as a doctor in
Burma and
England before being appointed as the Minister for Health and Religious Endowments of the
Madras Presidency?
... that the 1959
NBC series Five Fingers features
David Hedison as an American counterintelligence officer in the
Cold War who poses as a theatrical agent to investigate
communist activities in Europe?
... that Rhena Schweitzer,
Albert Schweitzer's only child, married David C. Miller, a doctor who cared for her father, and the couple traveled around the world offering aid to victims of famine and war?
... that the architectural designs of
Mannerist painter and printmaker Wendel Dietterlin (d. 1599) have been characterized as a "bizarre ornamental fantasy"?
... that Alan Landers, who was featured in
Winston cigarette ads, became an anti-smoking advocate calling himself the "Winston Man" and died of
laryngeal cancer after a longtime 2½-pack-per-day habit?
... that although the summit of
underwater volcanoLoihi is 969 metres (3,180 ft) below sea level, it is still twice as tall, measured from the base of its southern flank, as
Mount St. Helens ever was?
... that Boris Eikhenbaum was a key member of the Society for the Study of Poetic Language (
OPOJAZ)?
... that No. 40 Wing RAF(DH.9 aircraft pictured) was credited with destroying the bulk of the Turkish Seventh Army during the
Battle of Armageddon in 1918?
... that
Force India's 2009
Formula One car, the VJM02(pictured), is painted in the colours of the
Indian flag, but the team is based in England and neither of the drivers is Indian?
... that Swedish singer Sofia Berntson entered Sweden's
Melodifestivalen with the Greek song "Alla" and won the international jury vote?
... that the Triumph Bonneville T140Jubilee model of 1977 (pictured) was launched as a limited edition of 1,000 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II?
... that the brick walls in the historic Balch Hotel in
Dufur,
Oregon, are 18 inches (460 mm) thick and keep the hotel's interior rooms cool during the hot summer months?
... that images of 243 Ida(pictured) returned from the space probe Galileo, and processed on 17 February 1994, provided the first confirmation of a
moon orbiting an asteroid?
... that
Rome needed eight years to confirm the election of Peter Jarweh as Patriarch of the
Syrian Catholic Church because he had received funds from Protestant missionaries to buy a printing press?
... that Chilean Líder supermarkets sold Cuban rum at half price to eliminate it from stock in anticipation of becoming a
Wal-Mart subsidiary, causing a controversy in Chile?
... that
Australianflying aceCharles Scherf(pictured) was credited with 14½ aerial victories from 38 operational sorties during the
Second World War, with an additional nine aircraft destroyed on the ground?
... that Nonnie Moore, a woman who had been fashion editor at Mademoiselle and Harper's Bazaar, was hired by GQ in 1984 in a move that was called an "an odd choice, but... was actually the perfect choice"?
... that in 1940 the unarmed Norwegian steamship Dronning Maud was sunk by
German aircraft while she was flying
Red Cross flags and carrying a company of medical personnel?
... that the
Americanmilitia group known as the Yellow Jackets gained their name by having dyed bright yellow cuffs and fringes on their
buckskins and wool coats?
... that the largest native land
slug species in
Australia is the red triangle slug, which can be yellow, cream, pink, red, grey or olive green (pictured)?
... that in the midst of battle, Joseph W. Revere (pictured), grandson of
Paul Revere, apparently overwhelmed by news of his new command, rode to his men and yelled "Rearward!", causing him to be
court-martialled?
... that
Sony sold 280 million Trinitron televisions and monitors during the 40 years they were being produced?
... that according to a local legend, shoemaker Hans von Sagan heroically took the initiative and led the
Teutonic Knights to victory in the Battle of Rudau?
... that the Gloster Gannet aircraft, which was originally built solely to compete in the
Lympne Trials, never flew at the event due to engine troubles?
... that, during a television interview,
Romanian politician Elena Udrea made reference to the "President of
Norway", apparently unaware that the country is a
monarchy?
... that male Western Bowerbirds attract potential mates with
bowers decorated with fruits,
shells, and
bones, as well as man-made objects like
bullet casings and glass?
... that American Airlines Flight 6780 crashed on approach to
Newark Airport in 1952, killing everyone onboard including pilot Thomas J. Reid, with the plane crashing just blocks from his home?
... that the winner of the first Coupe Charles Drago, predecessor of the Coupe de la Ligue, was decided by a
coin-toss, after the scores finished equal after
extra time?
... that the fishing
trawlerBugaled Breizh is considered to have been pulled under by a
submarine that got caught in its lines?
2 March 2009
23:30, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
... that the Italian island of Asinara(pictured) is inhabited by a wild population of
albinodonkeys?
... that
Native American activist Robert Robideau was acquitted in the 1975 shooting deaths of two
FBI agents, for which his cousin
Leonard Peltier was later convicted and is serving two life sentences?
... that although it was prohibited by a 1951 law,
Pakistan now officially allows its citizens to hold
dual citizenship with 16 other countries?
... that Russian poet
Alexander Pushkin stopped at Wolf and Beranget Confectionery located at historic Kotomin House before heading off to a duel where he was mortally wounded?
... that J. Max Bond, Jr. ignored a
Harvard professor's advice not to pursue a career in architecture due to his race and went on to oversee the museum at the
National 9/11 Memorial?
... that Kentucky Jones featured
Dennis Weaver, in his first TV series since Gunsmoke, as a widowed veterinarian and guardian of a 10-year-old Chinese orphan?
Archives are generally grouped by month of Main Page appearance. (Currently, DYK hooks are archived according to the date and time that they were taken off the Main Page.) To find which archive contains the fact that appeared on Did you know, go to article's
talk page and follow the archive link in the DYK talk page message box.
... that the roughtail stingray is the largest stingray in the
Atlantic Ocean, at up to 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) across and weighing 300 kilograms (660 lb)?
... that Ebba Haslund'sadolescence novelNothing Happened was virtually ignored by the press when it was first issued in
Norwegian in 1948, but was later regarded as one of her most important books?
... that phylogenetic relationships between the
mushroomBovista nigrescens and species of
Lycoperdaceae were established based on
ITS and
LSU sequence data from north European taxa?
... that in 1709, Ninguta, an important center of
commerce, provided government-sponsored
ginseng-harvesting expeditions?
... that
Native American sculptor Willard Stone became a master
wood carver despite an accidental explosion that cost him his right thumb and two fingers when he was 13 years old?
... that the McClellan Committee served 8,000
subpoenas, took testimony from 1,526 witnesses (343 of whom invoked the
Fifth Amendment), and compiled almost 150,000 pages of evidence?
... that after the
Tang Dynasty general Li Jiang died in a
mutiny, his successor Wen Zao slaughtered the mutineers and offered their heads to Li Jiang as a sacrifice?
... that the rules of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in
Vienna forbade mentioning any country or conflict by name, and instead human rights had to be discussed in the abstract?
... that
pianistMona Golabek wrote a book about her mother's experience as part of the
Kindertransport, a mission to rescue children threatened by the
Nazis?
... that Nidula niveo-tomentosa(pictured), a
bird's nest fungus in the genus Nidula, produces a chemical that is a major component of
raspberry flavor?
... that the 500-million-year-old
Cambrian predator Hurdia was thought to be a number of separate organisms for 100 years, until the complete animal was reconstructed in March 2009?
... that there were two unrelated
Jewish anarchists named Alexander Schapiro active in
Russia during the
civil war, one in the
Bolshevik government and the other leading a cadre of anarchist revolutionaries against it?
... that the
long jumperFred Salle originally represented
England in international competitions, then changed allegiance to
Cameroon before returning to England some years later?
... that the 16-volume series of
theatre historybooks, The London Stage, by J. P. Wearing has been called "invaluable, thoroughly accurate" and "a proverbial mine of useful information"?
... that when Dorothea Holt Redmond was hired in 1938 in the "heretofore exclusively male field" of film
production design, male co-workers demanded that she work in an area separated from them?
... that the future of newspapers in the United States is in doubt: as of 2005, an estimated 70 percent of older Americans read a newspaper daily, while fewer than 20 percent of younger Americans did?
... that Kristian Kristiansen's main literary work is a trilogy about a boy growing up in an
orphanage in the late 1600s?
... that a sub-marine eruption near the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapaivolcano in
Tonga began spewing steam, smoke,
pumice, and ash thousands of feet into the sky on March 16, 2009?
... that Martin Knowlton conceived the
Elderhostel concept, in which senior citizens take college-level courses in the summer, to overcome "the disturbing concept that people are all used up after age 65"?
... that Davy Crockett (1954–1955) was the first
miniseries in the history of
television, although the term "miniseries" had not yet been coined?
... that according to the Zizhi Tongjian, the
Tang DynastychancellorPei Ji raised the assessed value of goods to avoid undue tax burden on people who paid taxes with goods?
... that
Tang DynastychancellorYu Di lost his chancellorship in a scandal where he tried to use bribes to obtain a Jiedushi (military governor) position?
... that Tanna japonensis, the
Japanesecicada, makes a melancholy sound (example right) after sunset, when the temperature has dropped, or when it becomes cloudy?
... that the main house at Brykill Farms in
Gardiner, New York, was expanded in a similar
style and material 200 years after the first section was built?
... that, despite wrestling alongside each other for years and holding a
tag team championship together, brothers Mark Starr and
Chris Champion used different last names?
... that when Per Øisang hosted the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's election debates in the early 1960s, the questioning of politicians was conducted by other politicians?
... that Australian Made, a 1987 concert tour promoting "
Good Times" and the
mateship of nine local acts, was headlined by
INXS and ended with two band managers coming to blows?
... that the "Golden Ticket" episode of the U.S. version of The Office was watched by 7.7 million viewers, tying with Grey's Anatomy for number one among the broadcast networks in adults 18–34?
... that in 1029, the ransom of the
Hiberno-Norse prince Amlaíb mac Sitriuc included over 1,200 cows, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, "the sword of Carlus", and a large number of
Irishhostages?
... that
salsa music promoter Ralph Mercado got his start with "waistline parties", live music events where women paid based on their waist size (thinner women paid less) and Mercado measuring at the door?
... that
Tang Dynasty official Zheng Yin opposed issuance of commissions for
eunuch commandants on
hemp paper, saying it was reserved for commissions of imperial princes and
chancellors?
... that because a car crashed through his store's window, Steve Bernard'sCape Cod Potato Chips company survived a difficult winter, after which business boomed?
... that the
GermanGrossdeutschland division, located 50 miles (80 km) east of Târgu Frumos, repelled three
Soviet divisions and recaptured the town 48 hours after receiving its initial order?
... that R29, an R23X class airship, recorded the only success by any British wartime
rigid airship when she took part in the sinking of German submarine
UB-115 in 1918?
... that New York City
rapperCoke La Rock is often credited as being the first
MC in the history of
hip-hop?
... that most of the 156 episodes of the 1950s
seriesThe Cisco Kid were filmed in color, more than a decade before
color television became common?
... that having suffered a
stroke in 1972,
neuroanatomistAlf Brodal published the article Self-Observations and Neuro-Anatomical Considerations After a Stroke in the journal Brain in 1973?
... that in 1996, the Kinjo family sued Lori Padilla for
¥62 million (US$580,000)
blood money after a car Padilla was driving killed three of their family members in
Okinawa?
... that when refused
leave to go to
London with the order that he could only travel as far on land as he could get in his
barge,
CaptainHenry Paulet put the barge on a cart and went anyway?
... that the
Oslo Tramway reached its greatest length with the opening of the Sinsen Line in 1939?
... that when the
GermanU-boatUB-13 sank the neutral Dutch
ocean linerTubantia in March 1916, one of the German excuses was that the torpedo had been fired ten days before and just happened to hit the ship?
... that the Cape Kumukahi Light(pictured) was saved from destruction in the 1960 eruption of
Kilauea when the
lava flow parted and went to either side of it?
... that the "dancing doctor",
pediatrictoxicologistMichael Shannon, starred in a 2008 production of the Urban Nutcracker, his eighth year appearing in the annual performance?
... that British
heavy metal band Iron Maiden was nominated in the Best Live Return category at the 2008
Vodafone Awards, but disagreed with their nomination and asked to be withdrawn?
... that Operation Cockade, a series of
Allied deceptive operations during
World War II, was so unsuccessful that it was later described as being “at best a piece of harmless play acting”?
... that John Penn, the engineer famed for introducing wood bearings for screw-propeller shafts in steam-powered ships, was also president of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers on two occasions?
... that though actors
James Whitmore and
Audra Lindley were divorced in 1979, the two starred in Tom Cole's 1990 production of About Time, as an elderly couple identified only as Old Man and Old Woman?
... that in the
indie video gameClean Asia!, the
eyes of all humans leave their bodies, fly to the
moon, develop
weapons, and attack the human race, taking over several countries?
... that Salvia tingitana(pictured) was named after the town of "Tingi", now known as
Tangiers, even though the plant has never been found growing there?
... that George Keverian won election as a 21-year-old to the Common Council of
Everett, Massachusetts, in 1954 using a new
MIT high-speed camera to create individualized fliers for each voter?
... that the flesh of the mushroom Russula fragilis tastes hot, while its smell is fruity?
... that Ernest Trova was best known for Falling Man, a series of works "about man at his most imperfect" depicting an armless human figure that appeared in sculptures, paintings, prints and wristwatches?
... that while normally a scavenger, the snubnosed eel(pictured) also burrows into the bodies of larger fish to feed, and two specimens were found inside the heart of a
shortfin mako shark in 1992?
... that the relationship between two gay men at the beginning of the
AIDS epidemic in
Robert Chesley's erotic and emotional play Jerker takes place entirely over the telephone?
... that when Barbara Parker left a law career to take a master's, her thesis went on to be
short listed for an
Edgar Award as a best first mystery novel?
... that an equitable coloring of a
graph(pictured), in which the numbers of vertices of each color are as nearly equal as possible, may require far more colors than a
graph coloring without this constraint?
... that the sharptail mola has become an important commercial fish in
Taiwan, since the promotion of an ocean sunfish festival in
Hualien County?
... that the Canadian
Mohawk chief, the Flemish Bastard, was considered the primary spokesman for the pro-
French faction of
Canada in the 17th century?
... that according to the Book of Tang,
Tang Dynasty general Li Guangyan, while in
mourning over the death of his mother for three years, did not return to his wife's bedchambers?
... that after London Road viaduct(pictured) in
Brighton, England, was bombed in 1943, trains were using it again within 24 hours even though the
road below was visible through gaps in the damaged brickwork?
... that Gary O'Donnell is the first person in 26 years to be awarded a second
George Medal, the last one posthumously for "immense bravery" in
Afghanistan?
... that Henry Wilde melted iron bars to demonstrate the power of his self-energizing
dynamo, a machine based on his paper presented to the
Royal Society in 1866?
... that the upcoming U2 360° Tour is named for a new kind of stage design that will permit all-round viewing in football
stadiums?
... that author Guillaume Prévost created The Book of Time series to help children understand that history can be fascinating?
... that early sources suggested that
Moses had taken an Ethiopian wife named Tharbis after laying siege to her city, prior to his ascendancy to
prophethood in the Jewish faith?
... that Thomas Forester, the only American stock
mutual fund manager to make a profit in 2008, had previously been one of only two mutual fund managers to make a profit in the second quarter of 2002?
... that Doug Hele designed the three-cylinder
Triumph Trident and developed it into the most successful race bike of the time?
03:32, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
... that several thousand
bauls, a community of wandering
minstrels who sing devotional songs, assemble annually for the fair at Jaydev Kenduli(temple sculpture pictured) in
West Bengal,
India?
... that
Welsh military
pilot and
journalist, Wing Commander Patrick Gibbs, published two volumes of wartime memoirs 49 years apart: Not Peace, But a Sword (1943) and Torpedo Leader (1992)?
... that
Michael Jackson's official concert tour website could not deal with the traffic—16,000 applications a second—for pre-sale ticket registration?
... that in 1911, HMA No. 1Mayfly(pictured), Britain's first
rigid airship, broke in two as a result of strong winds before she could attempt her first flight?
... that Indian freedom fighter T. S. S. Rajan practised as a doctor in
Burma and
England before being appointed as the Minister for Health and Religious Endowments of the
Madras Presidency?
... that the 1959
NBC series Five Fingers features
David Hedison as an American counterintelligence officer in the
Cold War who poses as a theatrical agent to investigate
communist activities in Europe?
... that Rhena Schweitzer,
Albert Schweitzer's only child, married David C. Miller, a doctor who cared for her father, and the couple traveled around the world offering aid to victims of famine and war?
... that the architectural designs of
Mannerist painter and printmaker Wendel Dietterlin (d. 1599) have been characterized as a "bizarre ornamental fantasy"?
... that Alan Landers, who was featured in
Winston cigarette ads, became an anti-smoking advocate calling himself the "Winston Man" and died of
laryngeal cancer after a longtime 2½-pack-per-day habit?
... that although the summit of
underwater volcanoLoihi is 969 metres (3,180 ft) below sea level, it is still twice as tall, measured from the base of its southern flank, as
Mount St. Helens ever was?
... that Boris Eikhenbaum was a key member of the Society for the Study of Poetic Language (
OPOJAZ)?
... that No. 40 Wing RAF(DH.9 aircraft pictured) was credited with destroying the bulk of the Turkish Seventh Army during the
Battle of Armageddon in 1918?
... that
Force India's 2009
Formula One car, the VJM02(pictured), is painted in the colours of the
Indian flag, but the team is based in England and neither of the drivers is Indian?
... that Swedish singer Sofia Berntson entered Sweden's
Melodifestivalen with the Greek song "Alla" and won the international jury vote?
... that the Triumph Bonneville T140Jubilee model of 1977 (pictured) was launched as a limited edition of 1,000 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II?
... that the brick walls in the historic Balch Hotel in
Dufur,
Oregon, are 18 inches (460 mm) thick and keep the hotel's interior rooms cool during the hot summer months?
... that images of 243 Ida(pictured) returned from the space probe Galileo, and processed on 17 February 1994, provided the first confirmation of a
moon orbiting an asteroid?
... that
Rome needed eight years to confirm the election of Peter Jarweh as Patriarch of the
Syrian Catholic Church because he had received funds from Protestant missionaries to buy a printing press?
... that Chilean Líder supermarkets sold Cuban rum at half price to eliminate it from stock in anticipation of becoming a
Wal-Mart subsidiary, causing a controversy in Chile?
... that
Australianflying aceCharles Scherf(pictured) was credited with 14½ aerial victories from 38 operational sorties during the
Second World War, with an additional nine aircraft destroyed on the ground?
... that Nonnie Moore, a woman who had been fashion editor at Mademoiselle and Harper's Bazaar, was hired by GQ in 1984 in a move that was called an "an odd choice, but... was actually the perfect choice"?
... that in 1940 the unarmed Norwegian steamship Dronning Maud was sunk by
German aircraft while she was flying
Red Cross flags and carrying a company of medical personnel?
... that the
Americanmilitia group known as the Yellow Jackets gained their name by having dyed bright yellow cuffs and fringes on their
buckskins and wool coats?
... that the largest native land
slug species in
Australia is the red triangle slug, which can be yellow, cream, pink, red, grey or olive green (pictured)?
... that in the midst of battle, Joseph W. Revere (pictured), grandson of
Paul Revere, apparently overwhelmed by news of his new command, rode to his men and yelled "Rearward!", causing him to be
court-martialled?
... that
Sony sold 280 million Trinitron televisions and monitors during the 40 years they were being produced?
... that according to a local legend, shoemaker Hans von Sagan heroically took the initiative and led the
Teutonic Knights to victory in the Battle of Rudau?
... that the Gloster Gannet aircraft, which was originally built solely to compete in the
Lympne Trials, never flew at the event due to engine troubles?
... that, during a television interview,
Romanian politician Elena Udrea made reference to the "President of
Norway", apparently unaware that the country is a
monarchy?
... that male Western Bowerbirds attract potential mates with
bowers decorated with fruits,
shells, and
bones, as well as man-made objects like
bullet casings and glass?
... that American Airlines Flight 6780 crashed on approach to
Newark Airport in 1952, killing everyone onboard including pilot Thomas J. Reid, with the plane crashing just blocks from his home?
... that the winner of the first Coupe Charles Drago, predecessor of the Coupe de la Ligue, was decided by a
coin-toss, after the scores finished equal after
extra time?
... that the fishing
trawlerBugaled Breizh is considered to have been pulled under by a
submarine that got caught in its lines?
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... that the Italian island of Asinara(pictured) is inhabited by a wild population of
albinodonkeys?
... that
Native American activist Robert Robideau was acquitted in the 1975 shooting deaths of two
FBI agents, for which his cousin
Leonard Peltier was later convicted and is serving two life sentences?
... that although it was prohibited by a 1951 law,
Pakistan now officially allows its citizens to hold
dual citizenship with 16 other countries?
... that Russian poet
Alexander Pushkin stopped at Wolf and Beranget Confectionery located at historic Kotomin House before heading off to a duel where he was mortally wounded?
... that J. Max Bond, Jr. ignored a
Harvard professor's advice not to pursue a career in architecture due to his race and went on to oversee the museum at the
National 9/11 Memorial?
... that Kentucky Jones featured
Dennis Weaver, in his first TV series since Gunsmoke, as a widowed veterinarian and guardian of a 10-year-old Chinese orphan?